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Legal Tech: A Closer Look At 3 Summer Cases Concerning Lost Data
Summer 2019 put some interesting case law into the books. We'll take a look at three cases having to do with lost data and whether spoliation sanctions were levied.
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Digital Dive: 9 Best Practices for Blogging that Gets You New Business
Becoming a renowned expert in your field will bring you the best files from the most profitable clients — and the shortest path to becoming a thought leader is to write a blog.
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Exploring the Nebulous Boundaries of Trade Dress
Now that we are in the digital age, questions have been raised about the trade dress of websites and apps.
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Book Publishers' Lawsuit Against Amazon's Audible
A coalition of publishers has sued Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook company, over a new feature announced last summer that will display the text of a book to listeners while it's read to them by their device.
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Security Worries for Online Video Game Companies
Fortnite video game developer Epic Games Inc. isn't just dodging digital adversaries — now it's been slammed with a class action lawsuit over a data breach.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask — 100 Days Out
Part One of a Two-Part Article Responses to questions businesses frequently ask about the impacts of the CCPA. Implementation challenges inevitably will arise as a company works to apply these new requirements to its business practices. The time is now to start preparing for the CCPA, as well as for other new U.S. privacy laws that are likely to follow.
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Increasing Client Requirements: Securing Law Firms for the 21st Century
Gone are the days of "basic security." What used to be optional is now standard: two factor authentication, complex passwords, clean desk policies, data encryption at rest and in transit, mobile device management and up-to-the-minute patching. Clients expect these items to already be in place and are further expanding their expectations.
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Cybersecurity False Claims Act Cases: The Next Frontier
A new wave of False Claims Act cases is crashing ashore. Based on the federal government's inclusion of toughened cybersecurity requirements for government contractors, numerous FCA cases will undoubtedly be filed and litigated in coming years against prime contractors and their major subcontractors for allegedly failing to comply with their contractual cybersecurity obligations.
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Why Data Competency Is a Requisite for Tomorrow's Practitioners
Whether they like it or not, lawyers interact with data every day. While there is no need for them to seek advanced degrees in data science or statistics, it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to provide adequate representation without being skilled in the uses of data.
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Data Privacy Reviews: The Cornerstone of a Data Breach Response
Including a managed document review vendor in your incident response plan is critical.
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